Brain Damage (1988)

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 13 10:45

Another great film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter about a man named Brian who’s life seems to be normal; until he meets his new friend Elmer. It is a simple, yet complex in it’s own way example of fixations and addictions through American people. Escaped from his prior owners in the same apartment building, Elmer clings to Brian and slowly turns his life into nothing but dependency.. on colors. Waking up with a pile of blackish liquid starts the new life of Brian, saying goodbye to his job, and his everyday life with his brother and his girlfriend. Now the most important thing to him the colors shown to him when a certain liquid made only by Elmer is injected through a hole in his neck directly into his brain. I love the play on words, you know, his name being Brian and the ...Read more

Rating : 8/10